The author identifies in the reflection and practice of fourteenth-century Italian cities with a communal tradition the development of a culture of autonomy that anticipated the 'republican' notion of freedom and political community later formalized by the Florentine chancellors, from Salutati to Bruni. The author investigates the privilege of autonomy as a condition that makes the action of individuals possible, highlighting how this freedom constituted one of the connotative traits of legitimate power and how the claim for freedom was socially inflected, aiming to marginalize the large components of "lower people" perceived as dangerous. The humanistic discontinuity consolidated the idea of the natural disposition of artisans and merchants to preserve freedom in the cities they led, reformulating it in the nation of the free community as it was non-monarchical.
University of Palermo, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-0640-966X
Chapter Title
La cultura dell’autonomia (Italia, sec. XIV)
Authors
E. Igor Mineo
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0382-1.17
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Libertas e libertates nel tardo medioevo. Realtà italiane nel contesto europeo
Book Subtitle
Atti del XVI Convegno di studi San Miniato 11-13 ottobre 2018
Editors
Andrea Zorzi
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
278
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0382-1
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0381-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0382-1
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0383-8
Series Title
Centro di Studi sulla Civiltà del Tardo Medioevo San Miniato
Series ISSN
2704-5692
Series E-ISSN
2704-5706